# Accident 20040609012399A: Amtr RV6, Cloverdale, CA, June 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2004, 16:40 local time
- Place: Cloverdale, CA
- Airport: Cloverdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7758° N, 122.9925° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7758&lon=-122.9925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N621BP-2007-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bruce Harold William RV-6 (registry code 05608QB, https://openairdocs.org/model/bruce-harold-william-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040609012399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JUNE 9, 2004, N621BP, AN EXPERIMENTAL RV-6 AIRPLANE, IMPACTED THE GROUND THIRTY FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 14 AT CLOVERDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (O60). THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY 14. THE COCKPIT AND LEFT WING WERE CONSUMED BY FIRE AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT DIED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. REPORTS FOR THE AREA WERE FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE WEATHER WAS VFR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX04LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA235), Jun 9, 2004: Harold W Bruce RV-6 (N621BP), Cloverdale, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and selection of the wrong runway, and his inadequate compensation for the gusting tail wind conditions, which resulted in a stall/mush.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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